• Atlantic Forest

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  Apr 17

  Reefer Poker Earth Day Tournament will plant a new tree in the Atlantic Forest for every player who registers to play, since I live near this famous forest I thought it would be a good idea to share some of my thoughts about the Atlantic Forest or Mata Atlantica as it’s called here in Brazil.

  Driving to the beach from Sao Paulo, Brazil, was my first view of this magnificent forest. The old road has been replaced by an ultra-modern highway that winds it’s way down from the plateau through a series of tunnels and each time you re-immerge from the tunnel you get a new view and see more plants and waterfalls. Finally when you reach the bottom there’s a wide stretch of marsh-looking estuaries that follow the coast and create one of the four unique eco-zones. 

  The Atlantic Forest of tropical South America boasts 20,000 plant species, 40 percent of which are endemic. Yet, less than 10 percent of the forest remains. More than two dozen Critically Endangered vertebrate species are clinging to survival in the region, including three species of lion tamarins and six bird species that are restricted to the small patch of forest near the Murici Ecological Station in northeastern Brazil. With almost 950 kinds of birds occurring in this hotspot, there are many unique species including the red-billed curassow, the Brazilian merganser, and numerous threatened parrot species.

  Beginning with sugarcane plantations and later, coffee plantations, this region has been losing habitat for hundreds of years. Now, with the increased expansion of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, the Atlantic Forest is facing severe pressure from the issues tied to urbanization.

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